The Bendigo Football League has slipped further down the WorkSafe AFL Victoria Community Championship rankings following its loss to Hampden Football League on Saturday.
Entering the competition as the ninth and 10th ranked teams, the result means the Bendigo League will most likely be ranked outside the top 10 next season after successive losses in the championships.
On Saturday, Bendigo stuck with Hampden for three quarters, before Hampden got a small break in the final quarter, to win 11.16 (82)-10.13 (73).
An inaccurate third quarter cost the Bendigo side, when they kicked 2.7 while kicking with the wind.
It gave the side a two-point lead at three-quarter time, but it didn’t look to be enough with Hampden kicking with the wind in the final term.
It proved to be the case with Hampden kicking the first three goals of the final quarter.
Jack Geary won the Derrick Filo Medal as the best player for the Bendigo side.
Kyneton pair Rhys Magin and Patrick McCarthy along with Gisborne’s Jack Reaper were all part of the Bendigo side.
The result means that Bendigo has won just one of its past four interleague clashes, having suffered two losses to Ballarat Football League in that time.
Bendigo Football League action will return this week with Kyneton playing Sandhurst and Gisborne hosting Maryborough.
